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THE LEOPARD
"What do you think of us an yon
pare back nml forth, hark anil forth, !
over that zoo cage of yours?” nr-ked |
• little girl ns she stood before the
leopard's cage in the zoo.
“Your eyes look far over my head,"
she continued, “and you look as
though you were thinking of some
thing Interesting.
“Won’t you tell me, please, Mr.
Leopard?"
But the leopard went on -walking. ;
and the leopard continued to look over
her l.ead. and would not look at her. j
For lie was not thinking of little j
girls, or of one special little girl who |
was trying to talk to him »-• she stood I
before Ids cage admiring him and won
dering what his story was. • j
He was thinking of other things.
Then, as the little girl still stood
wntchlng him, lie lagan to roar.
Ills great inoutli opened and Ids eyes
looked angrier than ever. They looked
so wild, so very wild.
He wits telling Ids story though, even ,
If the little girl Could not understand !
the words lie used.
They were tile words used by leop
ards, their ovin language, and which, tf
turned into Kngllslt, went something 1
like this:
“I was so quick. < >ti, I was so quick.
"When they charged tit me 1 was
ready. 1 used to hunt. 1 used to kill.
"llh, those days when 1 was wild,
when I could lie as wild as I olios >.
"till, those days when I used to hunt.
"I used to think, yes, I used to think
1-topr 1 would escape If ntiyi ne or any
thing came upon me suddenly.
“1 moved so quietly and quickly.. 1
knew Just how to go about doing
things.
“Those were the good old days when
I was free, way, way off from the zoo, |
"Won’t You Tell M-v, Please, Mr. j.
Leopard."
and people and children and keepers
and crowds who rudely state at me!
"What do 1 care for the crowds who
Stare?
"Nothing! j
“1 look over their heads.
“I won’t show them the In.nor of
looking at them, for they are beneath
me.
"They can’t hunt as 1 have limited,
they can’t move so quickly and so
cleverly, they can’t hide nud seek ex
cept In a foolish, childish way!
“I am glad I’m not it child.
"I’m glad I’m not a grownup.
,Tm glad I’m not a kecpci.
"But those are almost the only
things I am glad about.
"For I long for the freedom of the
forests and the Jungles.
"I long for the stillness .and t’.ie
noises that are beautiful.
"I bate these clattering nol. es that
are here. Silly, clattering noises of j
people and their actions.
"And here In the zoo toy happiest
hours are spent in thinking of the
wild days, the glorious wild days.
"Those wild days are what I tun
thinking about when* I look over the j
heads of the people who come t» the ;
zoo.
*T ant dreaming of the days that are !
gone and wondering if ever again I I
will see the parts of the world that j
aren’t tilled with clattering noises .
made by people, inhabited by people. |
"1 don’t like people and their silly j
voices and tlielr silly stares and their j
silly looks.
“1 don’t see anything to this world i
which they call the civilized world—I !
hear them talking about-it. J
“No. I don't see anything to it at nil. j
“I shall continue to look over the 1
heads of every one of you.
"At least I can do that I"
Teaching the Office Boy
The office ho.v rushed into the boss’
office with fils hut on one side of Ids'
fiend and shouted, “Hey, boss! I uunt
to get off to go to the hull game.’'
"William," said the boss, "that :s no
way to ask- Sit here at the desk and
I will show you how.”
He went front the room and re
turned with his hat In his hand, saying,
“Please. Mr. Smith, nifty l go to the
ball game this afternoon?"
“Sure, said Billy, “here Is 00 cents
for a ticket."
Rheumatism, Not Sympathy
Teaehei—Willie, did jour father
whip you for what you did in school j
yesterday?
Willie—No, ma’am; lie said the lick- !
lag would hurt him more than me. |
Teacher—What nonsense! Your fa- I
ther Is too sympathetic.
Willie—It’s not sympathy, ma'am; j
It’s rheumatism.—Exchange.
TRY STAR WANT ADS.
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Mooresboro Wedding
Secret Over A Year
Miss Katie Smart and Mr. Way land
Greene Were Married in Spur
tanburg in August 1924.
Handsomely engraved announce
ments have been issued announcing
the wedding of Miss Katie Lou Smart
to Mr. Wayland Greene which took
place a year and four months ago
Hie announcement reads as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Arhuthoot Leandei
Smart announce the marriage of their
daughter Katie Lou to Mr. James
Wayland Greene, on Thursday, Au
gust the fourteenth nineteen hundred
and twenty-four Mooresboro, North
Carolina.
It is understood that this prominent
ouile was married in Spartanburg
in last August 1924 and that the de
sire of the couple to keep it a secret
until now was a perfect success. The
bride remained at her home at
Vi(soresboro serving as book-keeper
tor her father who manages the
Mooresboro Cotton Oil Go. Slip i.>
a very pretty and popular young
lady, while Mr. Green is now and ha#
lien holding it lucrative position
with the Georgia Railway Light and
hewer Company at Atlanta, Ga., fef
several years. The couple left this
v.-rek for Atlanta where they will
make their home. *
North Carolina Cities Growing.
(Salisbury Post)
We do not know how substantial
irar the facts the newspapers are
publishing relative to e.ly growth,
l'hesc figures which have been print
'd from tin** to time giving the grow
th of all larger North Carolina towns
nay not be axact, Rut they are deri
ved from following a very fair me*
hod of reaching true facts. So we
may say that there is not a very
vide, difference between these figures
*.;ul what the most exacting count
Would reveal.
This week Salisbury and Char
lotte figures were given. The figures
riven for our own home town indi
cate a large, growth as do those which
Llie Charlotte papers hold up for the
Mecklenburg capital. Any one can look
iver this city and tell that it is grow
ing, growing in every direction, de
veloping in more ways than one and
.his far reaching development is
Jting ng in good people to live.
So any man who takes a jaunt over
Worth Carolina can tell that all these
young cities are growing. Industry is
■ pi n g ng up every where, and he
lming firm and productive of ina
er:al wealth. That indicates more
people. The schools are bulging. A
r. 'w school house is scarcely finished
until there in need of additional room
ami equipment t > t.nk- care of the
els ldren knocking at the dors.
Everywhere large expenditures are
filing made in street construction.
New avenues are laid out and homes
come with a new day's sun. It's
everywhere and no one can overlook
it. So, when the newspapers get from
a s°utce that is capable of making
a very careful estimate of population
based on these evidences of growth,
-hey may be sot down as fairly ac
curate near enough to speak in con
fideii'c.
Our familiarity with Salisbury will
give any of us reason to know and
appreciate the fact‘that the city is
growing day by day; larger arid we
believe hetter, too.
Lexington Dispatch
Calls Star Article
Lexington Dispatch.
The Cleveland Star, row changed
from semi-weekly to tri-weekly, in
i he course of an editorial on advertis
ing rates and circulation makes this
statement:
“The Star’s circulation thrice a
week is less than a hundred short oi
four thousand, a circulation which
\vc believe no other 1 aper can boast
el in North Carolina.”
The Star is to be pardoned if it
loasts a little of its fire circulation.
It is a good paper and deserves the
fine support it gets. But if The Star
editor will run over to Lexington on
Press day we believe the Dispatch
tan show him that he covered a lit
tle too much territory in putting his
circulation above that of any other
local newspaper in the state.
The Star, however, is arguing tic.
point that experts who have studied
the situation from every angle have
worked out a scale of local advertis
ing charges on a basis of circulation
that they hold should be charged i;
the paper is to get its due. On the
bares of this scale, The Star asserts
it is giving its local advertising pat
rons a bargain through charging
them 21 cents an inch less than the
scale sanctioned by the National Rdi
! tot ini arrqrir tion. On the same bn: Is
the Dispatch’s local advertising rate
■« an even bigger bargain.
Minister “Lays’’ Ghost”.
( The Pathfinder. )
In Leicestershire. England, is rn
old rectory, an old fashioned, ramb
ling building which has served n the
past us a residence of some of the no
bility of the county and, according to
tradition, lias been tlie scene of sev
eral tragic deed;. For some thirty
I years the people living in the vicinity
of the old hou.st had been annoyed by
what they considered ghostly demon
i stratioru. The servants about the
place firmly insisted that the house
was haunted and a number of visitors
declared tha* while staying in the
house they had had strange exped
iences which could not he explained
by attributing them to natural agen
! cles.
The vector of a neighboring parish
who hud once slept in the house de
clared that he was a'armed in the
early morning hours by a violent tug
ging at the bed clothes. Although he
held an as tightly as he could the
clothes were pulled off the bed. When
he lighted a candle he found nothing
wrong and the door was still securely
locked. A careful, systematic search
failed to furnish any explanation of
the strange occurence. Another per
son who occupied the room at another
time reported a like experience.
Then a strange thing happened.
Another minister, garbed in the habil
iments of his office, entered the haunt
ed apartments and commanded the
spirits to depart “in the name of the
Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost."
Ever since this exorcism, it is said,
no ghostly manifestation of any kind
has been seen by any one.
Science has determined the freezing
point of almost everything except the
feminine knee.
In this great democratic land, even
| the. scandals of the middle class get
I fiont page position.
SANTA’S HEADQUARTERS FOR
FRUITS, CANDIES AND NUTS
I Santa should visit a real fruit, candy and
nut store because we sell these things ex
clusively.
CANDIES, 15c POUND AND UP
Real home-made fruit cocoanuts, peanut
brittle and peanut bar, cocoanut brittle
and bar, stick candy, fudge, bon bons, all
assortments of chocolates from 15c pound
up.
FANCY BOX CANDIES
Get a lancy box of candy. Prices range
from 40c to $5.00.
FRUITS BY BOX OR DOZEN
Buy your fruits by the box and dozen.
Sweet seal oranges, at lowest prices, fancy
apples by the dozen or box, bananas, tan
gerines, nut, grapes, figs and dates.
CHRISTMAS BASKETS
of fruits, nuts and candies make suitable
gifts. Baskets of different sizes reasonably
priced.
SHELBY CANDY KITCHEN
Next to Union Trust Company
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4? WITH ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS, GIFTS MUST M, y'
SELECTED QUICKLY. NO DIFFICULTY, HOWEVER, IN BINDING SUIT, y
\4- ABLE ARTICLES IF YOU SHOP HERE. SUGGESTIONS FOR GIIT GI\ - , •< ,
ING ARE DISPLAYED ON EVERY H AND TO MAKE YOUR SHOPPING „
y EASY.
Rain or Shine
UMBRELLAS
yy_y
Your gift of an umbrella se
lected here will carry pride
of possession because of it’s
beauty. Large assortment
silks and gloria—
$3.5° $4.95 to $10
HANDKERCHIEFS
The Family
Like friends we never have
too many. Stocks are at
their Christmas best. For
children, for men and for
ladies.
25c 35c 50ct0 $1
S - H - S
VANITIES
' 7 J
The high school girl will de
light in getting one of these
Vanities on Christmas dav.
color;
ana
High school
monogram.
Singles ^ J doubles ^ J .50
MEN’S BATH ROBES
Warm wooly robes.
I In rich colors. Pack
j. ed single in neat
' Christmas boxes.
Reasonably priced.
1 $750 10 $1250
NECKTIES
For men and boys.
In new assortments.
Many of them have
just been received.
Beautiful patterns
in Christmas boxes.
50c t0 $1.50
HUMMING BIRD H05E
In Individual Christmas Boxes
$1.50 PAIR
If it’s for a Miss or woman, one can never |
go wrong in selecting Humming Bird hos- j
iery for gift. It’s the one gift that finds
ready use and universal appeal. In com
plete range of new and wanted shades.
HANDSOMELY FITTED BAGS
It will give her gen-.,
ume comfort duringL
her travels for years .
to come. The fittings
are new and attrac
tive. Linings to (
match the toilet out
fit. c
$22-50 t0 $45 ^
PRE-HOLIDAY
Sale Of Millinery
Tomorrow
DRASTIC MILLINERY
CLEARANCE
$1, $2, $3 AND $4
(Values to $15.00)
Choice of 75
HATS
$1, $2, $3 AND $4
* \
(Up to $15.00 Values)
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE HATS POSSESS THAT DISTINCTION ON
LY FOUND IN THE MORE] EXPENSIVE MILLINERY, WHICH THEY ARE. THEY
HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO THIS LOW FIGURE IN ACCORDANCE] WITH OUR
TWICE-A-YEAR DRASTIIC CLEARANCE POLICY. HATS OF ALL SIZES, OF ALL !
FAVORED MATERIALS AND TRIMMINGS. COLOR RANGE IS DIVERSIFIED.
W. L. Fanning & Co. j
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